Over the period of time cellular phone has evolved from a standard voice function into a all in one device for sending text messages, Internet access and multimedia. Because of these additional features, mobile phones are preferred by most people for the purpose of disseminating information. Current mobile phones can perform tasks such as text messaging, e-mail, web browsing or Internet access, multimedia features and sending and receiving photos and videos.

In Europe alone, many countries have 30% - 40% of Internet users are now accessing to the Internet through their mobile phones. With this came the development of Internet faxing, faxes can now be sent online. Additionally, they can be sent and received through mobile phones or Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). Internet faxing is a generic term which refers to the sending and receiving fax messages over the Internet. To avail of this Internet faxing service, all one has to do is visit an Internet faxing site and sign-up. By signing up consumers are allowed to gain access to incoming and outgoing fax messages. These messages are accessible to most parts of the world where there is Internet connection.

Here is my pick: Freeifax is one of the fastest-growing global providers of internet messaging services today. It was conceptualized to make communications easier for everyone. It boasts of thousands of users from various parts of the globe and offers a variety of services including fax to email, and online fax. These are the latest additions to communications technology, which assure the privacy and reliability of the messages. With this free sign-up every user is given a toll free personalized fax number and users can send fax message in more than 200 cities around the globe. Here is the Website link

Orkut.com one the most popular social networking site is all set for a new look. Here is preview of what is to come very soon. The site will continues to be blue in background. The designers have added some rounded corners and new icons that make orkut look a little more sleek and modern. This new design is all complete and would be rolled out to all within few days.

Orkut's popularity in many countries have been rising for quite some time now, especially in India. With more and more friends joining the site daily Google is also very much keen to enhance the services provided by Orkut. This site enhancement is a part of developing the overall brand image of Orkut. Couple of weeks ago they added features like photo and rich content scraps, favorite videos and feeds to make it easier to communicate with your friends and share content. They have also translated the site into 12 languages so users can add orkut friends from all over the globe. Orkut recently also became the MTV youthicon 2007, which re-confirms that Orkut is important to India's youth.

Orkut itself have come a along way from the very initial development (with limited users & join by invitaion only) to a open to all concept. As of today Orkut is the second most visited site in India as per Alexa. Orkut's popularity is also landing the site in trouble with Indian authorities. It was involved in quite a few controversies, most of which were cases of obscene or defamatory fake profiles and hate communities. But with all this plus and minus it still remains to be a fun place to be. Hey friends would like to know your views on this new avtar of Orkut.. post in your comments below

Premiership football season would be soon now underway and this time T-Mobile customers has something to celebrate upon. T-Mobile customers can watch the full live coverage of the Premiership football games on their mobile.

T-Mobile customers who sign up to the new Sky News and Sports pack for £5 a month can now watch 92 live Barclays Premier league games, plus live action from the world of rugby, golf, cricket and more. If Sports isn't your thing however there is also the 'Sky Entertainment Pack' - Sky One, Kiss, Sky Movies News, Living, Bravo, Nickleodeon, Paramount Comedy, E!, the Cartoon Network and MTV Snax; the 'Sky Music Pack' - Box, Kerrang!, Smash Hits, Kiss, Q, MTV Snax, iMF2 and iMP both also for £5pm. Only T-Mobile's 3G and HSDPA (super-fast 3G) customers will be able to benefit from the full range of services available and stream live TV to their phones.

T-Mobile's GPRS phone users will still be able to download goals and TV clips. The overall T-Mobile Mobile TV service provides customers with a mix of live streamed content and video on demand clips tailored to every taste and at a variety of price points for both 2G and 3G customers.

How many times have you come across a beautiful flash greeting card or a flash animated file on the internet? Lately many online gaming sites also use Flash to make their games more interactive and user friendly. Did you know you can download these flash files on your computer very easily. If you use internet explorer or firefox or opera, here is a simple method that does the trick..

For Internet Explorer users: (also for Opera users)1. Play the complete flash file online.2. Under 'Tools' menu go to 'Internet Option' and then 'General' Tab click the Settings button available in the Temporary Internet Files group3. Here click the Settings button available in the temporary internet files group.4. And now click view files to open your temporary internet files folder. Every file you opened through your browser is save here (by default)5. Click View - Details. now click view - Arrange icons by - internet address. Depending upon the webpage, there could one or more Flash files (Shockwave Flash Object) under the mentioned internet address.6. Once you find the right flash file, right-click and choose Copy. Then paste the swf file in any other directory.7. So this files can be opened by your browser offline as well

For Fiefox users:1. Play the complete flash file online.2. On your Firefox go to 'Tools' >> Page Info and go to 'Media Tab' on the page info windows3. The media tab has a complete list (with preview) of Images, Shockwave Flash files that were downloaded by the Firefox browser.4. Scroll down the list and locate your required swf file.5. Click the "Save As" button to save the file on our system.6. So this files can be opened by your browser offline as well7. Firefox extentions are available to make this procedure even simpler

So next time you come across a interesting flash file online and want to download it, follow this simple steps and there you have the file.

Please do post you views/experiences/challenges to be shared to all readers

"If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn't have in the beginning" these are the golden quotes by Mahatma Gandhi, which I truly believe.

This year India is celebrating its sixty year of independence. Here are some facts about India, which I thought of sharing with all.

With an estimated population of 1.12 billion, India is the world's second most populous country and is expected to be the most populous by 2030. With the world's 12th largest economy at market exchange rates and the 3rd largest in purchasing power, India has made rapid economic progress after independence. India maintains the third largest military force in the world, which consists of the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force. Auxiliary forces such as the Paramilitary Forces, the Coast Guard, and the Strategic Forces Command also come under the military's purview.

Foreign exchange reserves have risen from US$5.8 billion in March 1991 to US$208 billion in June 2007. With a GDP growth rate of 9.4% in 2006-07, the Indian economy is among the fastest growing in the world. India's GDP in terms of USD exchange-rate is US$1,103 billion. India has the world's fourth largest GDP at US$4.156 trillion. India's per capita income (nominal) is $979, ranked 128th in the world, while its per capita (PPP) of US$3,700 is ranked 118th.

Well does that mean India is successful ?

Well success has different interpretations. For me India breaking out of the shackles and becoming a free economy is success, that we are the fastest growing economies in the World is success, that we have become an important factor in the IT revolution is success, that some of the richest people are Indians is success, that we have had the most beautiful women in the Miss World and Universe competitions is success, that we are moving towards an unmanned mission to the moon is success. I could keep going on and on and yet there would still be many more things we need to do.

Well, i would like to get your(my readers) views as well on India's achievements, challenges, priority etc..

What does it mean to be independent ? What does it mean to us? As Indians. As a nation. As a rising economic power in the world. In an increasingly global economy. And culture. What have we done right? And what, has gone horribly wrong? And what are the lessons learnt?

Post your valuable comments here. Heres' a video to give you some inspiration..

Listening to some quality music is the best way to unwind from the daily grind. Seaching for songs online many a time leads you song file in various formats like .rm (real media player) or mp3. etc.. A typical 5MB song in Mp3 format can be compressed to 600 KB in Rm format. But many people hate to listen in RM format as they have to install and play those files in the real player. Here is a free solution that converts a .rm file to mp3 format for free. released by Jodix. So what does this do ??

Free RM to MP3 Converter can convert Real Media files to MP3 files which can be played in MP3 Players. All Real Media formats (*.rm, *.ra, *.rmvb) are supported. The program is a freeware and does not contain any form of malware, including but not limited to: spyware, viruses, trojans and backdoors.

Key Feature of the software:It's clean and free, without any adware or spyware.It's stable and fast.Easy-to-use wizard-like user interface helps you setup converting process easily.It uses up-to-date and high quality libraries.ID3 Tag can be derived from the input files automatically.Batch Processing is supported, it can process an unlimited number of files at one time.Detailed HTML help file is included.The installing and uninstalling process is very easy

smart2go is a freeware for your mobile phone for downloading maps and street plans, and also for saving your favourite spots to then share them with your friends. But that's not all: Explore the world with our optional, premium-brand travel guides, packed with valuable information and important tips. And our optional navigation upgrade brings you professional navigation with GPS.

Features smart2go

View, browse, and zoom the world map and the street level maps (more than 150 countries)

View your current location on the map and what is around you (POI's)

Save and send your own favourite locations as Landmarks and view them on the map

Nokia has launched its Prism collection - handsets aimed at 'style-conscious' folks who value looks over specification. The Nokia 7900 Prism and Nokia 7500 Prism are two new style-statement mobiles from Nokia. Both candybar phones adopt an eye-catchingly different keypad design. They use retro 1980s styling twists and a geometric diamond pattern on the surface. The Nokia 7900 Prism and Nokia 7500 Prism are two new style-statement mobiles from Nokia.

Nokia 7900 PrismOpposite its sleek, liquorice-black front, the Nokia 7900 Prism comes with an anodized aluminium backcover, which is coin-stamped and laser-etched in Nokia Prism's signature diamond-cut design. Its design is amongst the first to feature an Organic LED main display that supports up to 16 million colors and displays light-focused screensaver graphics. In addition, the Nokia 7900 Prism features a "living wallpaper", which subtly changes throughout the day according to time as well as battery and signal strength, so that each screen is unique.

Nokia 7500 PrismThe Nokia 7500 Prism is the Nokia 7900 Prism's quirky sibling. The Nokia 7500 Prism's slick black exterior is spliced with bright, interchangeable color accents. The Nokia 7500 Prism has a 2 Mpx camera and it can record high quality movies. The Nokia 7500 Prism can play music for nine hours and hold up to 1500 songs on an optional 2 GB microSD card.

Here are two tricks I thought of sharing to all you people who like to surf the web from their workplace but don't want others to look at what they are browsing. In many companies employees are not allowed to use the internet during the work hours, however many employees still prefers to surf during their spare time. Here are the tricks, you could try..

Trick no.1: A browser called Maxthon, which is freely available on the net has a functionality call the 'Boss Key'. This is nothing but a feature to hide the browser. There is a shortcut to hide and unhide the browser Alt + ~ key combination like a toggle switch. The option can be found in File Menu. If you are not allowed to download this software from your workplace, transfer this via USB drive/CD. So now you can surf and use the 'Boss Key' to hide the browser.

Trick no.2: On the same lines as above, here we have an application called the 'Boss Key' which hides the active application, be it a browser, folder, application etc.. This software is freeware and released by EfreeSoft. All it does is it allows you to hide active program window immediately using a hot key. It's speed is brought to maximum to allow you react as quickly as possible to any threat that appears. You won't feel even a slight difference in the performance of your home or office computer after installing it.

Friends if you have any other methods, please share this with us via your comments.

If you have very large audio or video media collection then converting your them in to different formats so you can play them on different players can be a very tedious task. Usually this kind of task are done by batch conveters. MediaCoder is a free audio/video batch transcoder that will make the process of converting your media files to different formats a painless task. It is a free universal batch media transcoder, which nicely integrates most popular audio/video codecs and tools into an all-in-one solution.

With a flexible and extendable architecture, new codecs and tools are added in constantly as well as supports for new devices. MediaCoder intends to be the swiss army knife for media transcoding in all time and at this moment, it already has millions of users from 170+ countries all over the planet. It also convert to and from many audio and video compression formats and re-multiplex into various container formats in batches.